In China, we intend to acquire advanced technology, science and management skills to serve our socialist production. And these things as such have no class character.

Let some people get rich first.

Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious.

We cannot say that everything developed in capitalist countries is of a capitalist nature. For instance, technology, science - even advanced production management is also a sort of science - will be useful in any society or country.

Seek truth from facts.

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.

So far as Chairman Mao's own hopes were concerned, he initiated the "Cultural Revolution" in order to avert the restoration of capitalism, but he had made an erroneous assessment of China's actual situation. In the first place, the targets of the revolution were wrongly defined, which led to the effort to ferret out "capitalist roaders in power in the Party". Blows were dealt at leading cadres at all levels who had made contributions to the revolution and had practical experience, including Comrade Liu Shaoqi.